Custom made polymeric artificial eye: Appearance and characteristics of wear and care

Abstract A prosthetic eye may enhance the appearance of individuals who have lost sight due to injury or illness. Implanting a polymeric ocular prosthesis (POP) after an eye is surgically removed following an enucleation, evisceration, or orbital exenteration is always advised. This implant supports proper eyelid functioning as well as increasing patient confidence by restoring natural appearance. From February 2013 to January 2019, an experimental study was done on five hundred cases. The included patients experienced enucleation or evisceration procedure and had ocular prosthesis fitting. Data were entered, coded, cleaned, and analyzed using IBM SPSS statistics. A total of 500 cases completed the questionnaire. Of these, 55.8% were male, and 44.2% were female, with 50.2% of the patients lost their eyes because of injuries. In terms of operation variety, evisceration was done in 61.4% of the patients, enucleation in 37.6%, and others are in only five congenital cases (1%). According to this study, 28.8% of patients suffered from deposits formed on the prosthetic eye, while the absence of deposits was 71.2%. Significant psychological, as well as social consequences can result from the disfigurement associated with eye loss. Despite using the available materials and techniques to treat such patients, one needs to be a little creative and very inventive. Ocular prostheses act as a tool for restoring patients’ self-confidence and facilitating changes in their social convenience. Precise attention is essential to preserve the prosthesis and reminiscent of tissue health.